As a young kid, my parents took me on a Caribbean Cruise on the very upper-class Holland-America Cruise Line. I noticed that every employee was from a different country. I must have seen 100 different nationalities. They had their country of origin on their name tags. It even became an advertising gimmick. I soon discovered…
In this broadcast Dr Matthew Johnson attempts to summarize a huge amount of information concerning early Soviet economic policy and ideology. The argument can be summarized this way: 1. Trotsky had far more power and influence than Lenin. 2. Marxism was almost totally irrelevant to the Red forces during and after the Civil War. 3.…
In the Russian language, there is a massive literature in mainstream publications pointing out the inconsistencies and absurdities of the official Soviet and western line on the event. Recently, Nikolai Kravchuk, formerly of the National Academy of Sciences Institute for Theoretical Physics and a graduate of Moscow State University. Kravchuk states that the malfunctioning reactor,…
“I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where’s Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less.” Marion Barry, former mayor of Washington, DC “I’m going to be honest with you — I don’t know a lot about Cuba’s healthcare system. Is it a government-run…
This is an Introduction to Alexander Dugin’s philosophical foundations by one of the few Americans that can claim to know his work well. Almost totally unknown to American journalists and academics, Dugin remains an important subject. Matthew Raphael Johnson has been both a student and a supporter of Dugin for many years, introducing history students to…
TBR was represented again by its Senior Researcher Matthew Raphael Johnson on the Daily Traditionalist, the daily radio show of Matthew Heimbach, founder of the Traditionalist Worker’s Party. After several requests from listeners to discuss this topic, Dr. Johnson and Matthew discuss the ideology of Dr. Aleksandr Dugin, a Russian thinker, author and political activist on…
Matthew Raphael Johnson’s “Orthodox Nationalist” podcast ran from 2009 to 2012. Dealing with all facets of Russian and Ukrainian history, theology and politics, it was the #1 draw at the Voice of Reason Network. Today, it is a part of The Barnes Review and sponsored in part by the Traditionalist Worker’s Party.In this edition…
Putin’s Orthodoxy: A Few Hints about His Religious Views Matthew Raphael Johnson Vladimir Putin is fairly mute about his own religious views. Being a member of the Communist Party is no evidence of atheism. Its evidence only of conformity. Party membership was essential for having any a career of any substantial kind, especially in the…
Matthew Raphael Johnson’s new podcast is an analysis of Lokot’, the part of Bryansk serving as the center of a socialist and nationalist social experiment under German-occupied Russia from 1941 to 1943. Most writers say it lasted until 1944 because the military leader, Brig. Gen. Bronislav Kaminski created the short-lived “Lepel Republic” in 1944 soon after its…
The Barnes Review was represented at the meeting of the Traditionalist Workers Party in Philadelphia, PA on April 30 2016. Matthew Raphael Johnson, TBR’s Senior Researcher in Russian and European History was the featured speaker again, following several other talented party activists, including Matthew Heimbach himself. He had also been the featured speaker at the…